“It’s Not Rare If It Affects Your Child”: Prevention Strategies For Meningitis B
Our experts share how this infection has impacted their own lives and the best prevention strategies for you and loved ones.
Medical Notes: An Easier Way To Quit E-Cigarettes, Why First Responders Have a Higher Risk of Dementia, and Is Smell Our Most Important Sense?
The invisible burden of frontline workers. Quitting e-cigarettes may have just gotten a lot easier. Some newborn senses are more important than others.
Bioethics Part 2: Should You Have The Right To End Your Own Life?
Dr. Brooke Ellison, a quadriplegic, and Dr. Jeffrey Bishop explore the many ethical decisions that surround end-of-life care.
“There’s No ‘Normal’ Person”: The Intersection of Ethics and Disability
Experts explain how the disabled community is often left behind in society, medicine, and bioethics.
Medical Notes: April 23, 2023
Autism diagnoses are at an all-time high. Teens using cannabis could have major reproductive effects. Artificial intelligence could help keep people alive and more.
Medical Notes: Week of August 23, 2020
Doctors are still learning about Coronavirus and some of what they’re finding is confusing. Then, many first responders to the 9-11 attacks in New York have brains that have aged 10 years more than normal. And finally, a study shows that people over six feet tall are at a higher risk of being diagnosed with Covid-19.
Doctor Patient Communication
Doctors too often use language that's indeceipherable to normal people. Efforts are underway at medical schools to teach doctors to speak in plain language. An expert at one such school and a participant in these classes discuss.
